Re-ordering our Partiality: Reflections on Careerism and Feminist Commitment in Academia

Authors

  • Patricia Rooke University of Alberta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11575/jet.v23i2.44261

Abstract

The author raises several problems intrinsic to feminist discourse which have serious repercussions for female academics - for their work, career advancements, and collegial relationships. The argument isolates the question of "networking" as exacerbating rather than solving these problems, as such a system effectively excludes independent scholars and avoids any concerted advocacy for the part-time and sessional instructor within the institution. As women have been '’outsiders" in a phallocrtic institution (historically and culturally) networking marginalizes women from other women. In relating rhetoric to reality the author argues that the philosophical basis for feminism has always been " gynocentric" in nature and that while it empowers women ideologically it has serious practical implications.

Published

2018-05-16

Issue

Section

Articles